Cash-stripped emigrés vow to take BES protests to Euro 2016
AMELP – the name for the association of Portuguese emigrés still left impoverished by the collapse of Banco Espírito Santo almost two years ago – has vowed to take its
BES bankers fined two years after billion-euro collapse
With the alacrity of Portuguese ‘justice’ forever baffling bystanders, the Bank of Portugal has handed out fines for bankers involved in the multi-billion collapse of BES two years ago before
Bank employee leaps nine storeys to his death after collective dismissal
The collateral damage of the BES bank collapse is back in the news today after one of the hundreds of bank workers laid off in collective dismissals from the ‘good
Four billion euro BES bailout comes up for repayment with “no solution in sight”
Exactly two years since the BES bombshell battered the already beleaguered Portuguese economy, the government is reportedly “trying to find a solution” to the fact that it is payback time
Former BES boss claims clients had more confidence in bad bank than they do in ‘good’ Novo Banco
Less than a day after the good bank that emerged from the BES collapse posted historic losses of almost one billion euros, former BES ‘boss of this all’ Ricardo Salgado
Damaged BES investors say solution at last in sight
After months of protests and angry recriminations, the “association of the damaged” has emerged from a meeting with the Bank of Portugal saying it is optimistic that a solution to
Governor of Bank of Portugal talks of schizophrenia
The target of resounding criticism over his handling of the nation’s multiple banking crises, Governor of the Bank of Portugal Carlos Costa has been talking of schizophrenia – but not
Bank of Portugal under attack
Bank of Portugal governor Carlos Costa is under attack from all sides. Large investors, small investors, ratings agencies, even the government. His decision over the Christmas holidays to “selectively and
Former BES boss finally walks free
Seven weeks after a judge ruled that former BES boss Ricardo Salgado could leave house arrest, the 71-year-old is finally free to walk out of his Cascais mansion and go
Votes encouraged to “unmask corruption” at BES
Portugal’s BES banking scandal is on a list drawn up to “unmask” the “world’s worst” when it comes to corruption, and get people to vote for their preferences. Created by